if your depending on your provider to catch those viruses I think not and here is why. When your virus program stops a virus, why did it do that job? Because your provider didn't! its your box and up to you to protect it.
At 07:44 PM 8/15/2007, you wrote: >Hi > Although I do use a e-mail scanner program on my system, I know that >all in come and out going mail is scanned by the E-Mail servers also. So its >a pretty safe bet the viruses will be cot one place or another. > >God bless, >Mark >God loves you! >My ham radio lists. >http://lists.topica.com/lists/funhamradio. >http://groups.google.com/group/funhamradio-list >My personal website >http://funhamradio.bloki.com >MSS and MSP scripting list >http://groups.google.com:80/group/msscripting?hl=en >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> >Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:34 PM >Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] e-mail scanning > > > > ACutaly many people besides me suggest turning off the email scanner in > > any antivirus program. Feel free to scour the news groups > > about this, Now maybe I'm going off of old news but I do scann every day > > at 3 every morning when I'm sleeping. AVG managed to move > > one email i never got to the valt from a DBX file, I think. That's the > > only way I have found to get rod of the attachment bug that > > reers its head every once in a while. > > Thanks for saying I'm knoledgible, but i really don't think so. I thnk all > > of the people who have helped me learn said knoledge > > and I hope to put it to good use some day. > > > > SA&G > > > > > > : In a recent message, Sarah mentions turning off the e-mail scanning > > : feature of AVG. She indicated that the computer would scan > > : everything every day anyhow. I am a bit concerned about the > > : recommendation. > > : > > : 1. To assume that everyone has their task manager set up to scan the > > : "entire system" every day is a dangerous and probably incorrect > > : observation. Not every person has the time or inclination to allow > > : their AVG to perform that task. I agree that it is a good idea but > > : for some, it just isn't practical. > > : > > : 2. Allowing a vital part of your antivirus protection to be disabled > > : is, for most people, an extremely fool hardy thing to do. It doesn't > > : take much for something to get into your system and contaminate it to > > : the point that the computer might even stop working entirely. > > : Believe me people, I've been there. > > : > > : 3. Sarah is, based on her helpful suggestions and excellent grasp of > > : technology and software, a highly competent computer user. > > : Unfortunately, not all of us have her expertise. Whereas Sarah might > > : catch a contaminated file in time to deal with it, others might not. > > : We all can't even begin to compare to her knowledge and ability. > > : However, I must raise a serious objection to her last idea. In my > > : opinion, based on years of computer operation and many painful > > : experiences, no one should ever turn off their e-mail scanning for > > : any reason. > > : AVG examines each and every e-mail before it is allowed to be put > > : onto the hard drive for reading. That may take longer but it's worth > > : every second. AVG is, again in my opinion, a very reasonable piece > > : of software which works quite well with Jaws. AVG is no Cadillac and > > : has very little unnecessary program utilization. Okay, so maybe it > > : was originally stolen from other similar programs. For years now, it > > : has demonstrated remarkable efficiency in doing what it's supposed to > > : do. The original versions might have been derived from pirated > > : software as some have indicated, but it has gone far beyond those > > : early days. > > : > > : I apologize for the length of this message but I sincerely believe > > : that any part of that program should be allowed to continue to > > : function at full capacity. > > : > > : John Justice > > : John Justice > > : > > : My job feeds my family, music feeds my soul. > > : > > : PERSONAL E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > : Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > > : http://www.jaws-users.com > > : Address for the list archives: > > : http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > > : To post to this group, send email to > > : jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > > : To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > : For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > > : subject or body of a blank message to: > > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > : Use the following form in order to contact the management team > > : http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > > : If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to > > : the following address: > > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > > http://www.jaws-users.com > > Address for the list archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > > To post to this group, send email to > > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > > or body of a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > > following address: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >http://www.jaws-users.com >Address for the list archives: >http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >To post to this group, send email to >jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the >subject or body of a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following form in order to contact the management team >http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to >the following address: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
